8 Restaurant Treats Made with Girl Scout Cookies

People just can't get enough of Girl Scout Cookies. Not only are they great on their own, but they can be used as ingredients in fancy desserts, too.

1. SAMOA COOKIE COCONUT CHEESECAKE

The Shores restaurant in La Jolla, California, participated in San Diego Restaurant Week last month, in which dozens of restaurants made dishes with Girl Scout Cookies. The Shores's chef de cuisine, Percy Oani, contributed his Samoa Cookie Coconut Cheesecake, which is made with Samoas (the cookies known as Caramel deLites in some areas).

4. MINT CHEESECAKE

Chompie's, a New York-style deli that's been serving up fresh-baked goods in Arizona since 1979, makes a mean cheesecake. Their special Mint Cheesecake is made with classic Thin Mint cookies in all their minty, chocolatey glory, and $1 from each slice sold will go to the Cactus Pine Girl Scout Council.

7. SAMOA CUPCAKES

Papa's Cupcakes in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, will be participating in next week's Girl Scout Cookie Crunch in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with their Samoa Cupcakes. They come in your choice of chocolate or vanilla cake with Samoa caramel filling, and are topped with caramel buttercream frosting and toasted coconut, then finished off with a caramel and chocolate drizzle. Papa's is also featuring a Thin Mint Cupcake during Girl Scout Cookie season.

8. GIRL SCOUT LEMONADE RICOTTA GNOCCHI

Centro, an Italian restaurant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will also be at the Girl Scout Cookie Crunch with their Girl Scout Lemonade Ricotta Gnocchi, made with Savannah Smiles cookies and ricotta cheese. They even shared their recipe with local TV station WFMZ.

If you can't get to one of these restaurants, there are plenty of ways you can incorporate your own Girl Scout Cookies into other dishes. Here are recipes from the Girl Scouts.